600-year-old 'world's most mysterious text' finally decoded by UK genius

The Sun, via FoxNews.com/science ^ | May 15, 2019 | Sean Keach, Digital Technology and Science Editor | The Sun

[ETL]

(Credit: University of Bristol)

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"According to Cheshire, the book was compiled by Dominican nuns as a source of reference for Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon. Maria was a great aunt to Catherine of Aragon"

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There! Look!

What does it say? What language is that?

Brother Maynard, you're our scholar.

It is Aramaic!

Of course. Joseph of Arimathea!

-Of course.

-What does it say?

It reads, "Here may be found...

"...the last words of Joseph of Arimathea:

"'He who is valiant and pure of spirit...

"'...may find the Holy Grail...

"'...in the Castle of Aaargh."'

What?

"The Castle of Aaargh."

What is that?

He must have died while carving it.

-Come on!

-That's what it says.

Look, if he was dying,
he wouldn't bother to carve "Aaargh."
-He'd just say it.

-That's what's carved in the rock.

-Perhaps he was dictating it.

-Shut up!

-Does it say anything else?

-No!
Just "Aaargh."

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Here's the clip on YouTube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIz0q8aWpA

[golux]

Covfefe.

[Jamestown1630]

LOL!

I always thought it was an old alchemical text - or an immature copy or parody of one. So many nekkid females are sitting inside of things that could be interpreted as alembics...

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Dr. Gerard Cheshire's full paper is here: The Language and Writing System of MS408 (Voynich) Explained.
 

[JaguarXKE]

Hmm, they wrote about “psychology” 600 years ago? Interesting given that the concept of psychology as a field of study did not begin until around 1879.

[SuperLuminal]

If you are a cryptographer on crack, everything is easy to decode...

[Jamestown1630]

The study of the “psyche” is probably as old as man’s self-awareness/self-consciousness is.

[bobby.223]

“Drink your Ovaltine”! (Sorry, slinking away now).

[ETL]

"Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5EDOk7W-wA

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks ETL.

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[ETL]

You’re welcome.

Thank -you-.

[sparklite2]

Thanks to this amazing discovery, the Page above can now be translated.  It was written by Sotworthy Seeburg, as can be seen where he autographed it on the right side of the illustration.  The following is a direct translation, enhanced with minimal punctuation for sentence separation.

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now this aint no shit. you know the hot tub bath in the vestal virgin locker room?

well me and Jarrell Datson snuck up into the overhead plumbing and stuffed in a big basket of them blue pellets the nuns use to keep the water in the latrines blue so they dont have to scrub them so much. 

incoming hot water went through the basket, see the illustration, and dissolved the pellets all at once. you can see the blue water coming out in the accompanying drawing.  it was hilarious.  if smurfs havent been invented yet then we made the first ones.

if anyone ever finds out, we are dead meat.

[sparklite2]

I read one treatise that said the plant illustrations were of plants found only in South America. Seemed legit.

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Roman soldiers' very rude graffiti revealed near Hadrian's Wall

FoxNews.com ^ | Feb 27, 2019 | James Rogers | Fox News

An ancient quarry near Hadrian’s Wall in northern England offers a smutty glimpse into the lives of the Roman soldiers who built the famous fortification.

Archaeologists from the U.K.’s Newcastle University and Historic England are working to record the unique inscriptions carved into the walls of the quarry, which provided stone for Hadrian’s Wall.

The sandstone inscriptions include a caricature of an officer and a phallus, which denoted good luck in Roman culture.

Other carvings at the quarry in Gelt Forest have helped experts date the rare inscriptions. One inscription, for example, describes ‘APRO ET MAXIMO CONSVLIBVS OFICINA MERCATI,’ a reference to the consulate of Aper and Maximus.

This dates the inscription to 207 A.D., a time when Hadrian’s Wall was undergoing a major renovation, according to Historic England.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...

GUARD #4: chuckling

PILATE: What's so... funny about the name "Biggus _ickus"?

CENTURION: Well, it's a joke name, sir.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=monty+python+biggus+dickus

http://montypython.50webs.com/scripts/Life_of_Brian/13.htm

[Lopeover]

Oh goodie, 600 year old sex tips. Nothing seems to change....

[Pontiac]

Interesting discussion here

http://linguistforum.com/outside-of-the-box/medieval-manuscript-reveals-proto-romance-language/

[dfwgator]

"Peter Buttigieg"

[faithhopecharity]

let’s see those sex tips!